There are plenty of third party applications that integrate phone systems with CRM systems.
FORBES: How Skype Could Be Microsoft's Best Acquisition Ever
Facebook users can also purchase virtual gifts from third party applications using Facebook Credits.
For now, users should stay off of Twitter.com and access the service only through third party applications.
Apple apparently wants third party applications on the iPhone and iPod touch just like every other sane individual on the planet.
Everything else is a moot point (BES encryption hacks, the existence of back doors, compromised third party applications, etc.).
FORBES: A Deductive Proof About RIM And Government Monitoring
There should be a significant number of third party applications that will run on any Sailfish handset out of the box.
FORBES: Jolla Sets Sail On The Smartphone Sea, Reveals Sailfish OS With Android Support
Customers will soon be able to easily link their UltraViolet accounts to the NOOK Cloud allowing them to view their previously and newly purchased UltraViolet-enabled movies and TV shows across NOOK devices and NOOK Video apps, as well as through third party applications.
Trunk currently includes more than 200 third-party applications, services, and devices that connect with Evernote in various ways.
It also announced it would open its Mobile Developer Platform to third-party applications, mirroring an earlier announcement from Google.
Even so, Sutton argues much of the responsibility for making third-party applications secure will rest with the networking sites themselves.
Despite T-Mobile's advertising of the G1 on national television has focused more on capabilities than the platform or third-party applications.
If and when the assistant can access third-party applications, it will open up a new world of possibilities for mobile marketers.
Sqribe Technologies announced that its ReportMart Enterprise Information Portal will use XML to integrate third-party applications and date sources into enterprise portals.
Information workers report using an average of four consumer devices to access an array of third-party applications in the course of any given day.
FORBES: Make Your Workers Happy: Let Them Use Their Own Devices
Ning Chief Executive Gina Bianchini and Plaxo's McCrea both say their sites use a careful vetting process to test all third-party applications for holes.
ECoS is an open software platform that can host a range of third-party applications that provide intelligent distributed control services to utilities and their customers.
This is mitigated by some fantastic third-party applications for the smartphone.
FORBES: It's Fashionable For Geeks, But Sony's Android SmartWatch Is Not Ready For Prime Time
There are, however, several third-party applications that repackage Twitter's mobile site and several more to which we didn't feel comfortable handing out our Facebook login credentials.
ENGADGET: Samsung ATIV Tab review: the Windows RT tablet you'll never find in the US
Currently, the App Store has over 550, 000 third-party applications covering a wide variety of areas including games, news, health, travel, education, business, sports, and social networking.
FORBES: Congress Has More Questions over Apple iPhone Privacy
The company is also introducing (1) e-mail (think of each e-mail as a new page) (2) HD video and better video integration (3) more third-party applications like games.
Well, the library of third-party applications is the biggest reason.
Multitasking: Apple will finally let users run third-party applications at the same time as other apps, allowing a user to, say, listen to music on Pandora while they browse the Web.
FORBES: iPhone OS 4.0: Steve Jobs Is Still Coming To Kill Us All
He liked it so much, he thinks it will kill third-party applications whose features the new Twitter subsumes, like Twitpic, which allows you to share photos on Twitter, and Twitter clients like Brizzly (mentioned above).
FORBES: Reporting On The New Twitter From The New Twitter: What Technology Leaders Are Saying
Twitter might just be among the first to take that path: it has has already spawned a vast number of third-party applications and web sites users tap into to interact with the service, such as Seesmic and Brizzly.
FORBES: Why Twitter's U.S. Traffic Slump Doesn't Mean It's Toast
Note: Canalys defines a client PC as a computing device designed to be operated by an individual and positioned to serve a broad range of purposes, achieved by running third-party applications, some of which can work independently of a network connection.
If you recall, Facebook introduced new in-depth privacy controls in 2010, and the study found that the release of these new settings corresponded to users sharing more personal data, both within their network of friends and with strangers and third-party applications.
The application is one of a number of voice-friendly third-party applications for the iPhone that have helped close the gap between the iPhone and mobile phones that have long given users the ability to perform basic tasks, like dialing phone numbers, with voice commands.
Verizon Wireless asserted that third-party tethering applications could enable its customers to tether without paying an additional fee.
ENGADGET: Verizon to stop blocking tethering apps, settles with FCC for $1.25 million
Publishers can drag and drop to add in XML feeds, videos and other third-party web applications (such as weather and movie listings) and add them into mobile ads.
That depends not just on how many users Twitter attracts, but whether they choose to interact with the service through Twitter.com, or through phones, gaming consoles, and third-party services and applications.
FORBES: Why Twitter's U.S. Traffic Slump Doesn't Mean It's Toast
应用推荐